IHRC report on Bahrain launched at House of Lords

October 11, 2010

“Broken Promises: Human Rights, Constitutionalism and Socio-Economic Exclusion in Bahrain” by Omar F. Ahmed (IHRC, October 2010.)

PRESS RELEASE: UK/Bahrain: IHRC report on Bahrain to be launched at House of Lords, 11 October.

October 7, 2010

“Broken Promises: Human Rights, Constitutionalism and Socio-Economic Exclusion in Bahrain” by Omar F. Ahmed (IHRC, October 2010.)

Bahrain: Authenticated reports of torture by independent investigators

October 7, 2010

Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary HR Group And the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Cordially invite you to a Press Conference on:

PRESS RELEASE: BAHRAIN: IHRC refers treatment of activists to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

September 6, 2010

IHRC appeals to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to take up case of Bahraini human rights activists subjected to torture and other forms of abuse after being arrested during current crackdown on civil society activists and critics of the government.

Update Alert: Sudan – Opposition journalists facing death penalty and life imprisonment

June 25, 2010

On 15 May 2010, four journalists were arrested and face sentences of life imprisonment or the death penalty.

Alert: Egypt – Egyptian citizen tortured to death in public

June 11, 2010

Eye witnesses reported that the police then took him in a police vehicle only to come back later and dump his dead body.

Update Alert: Sudan – Opposition journalists detained and tortured

May 28, 2010

Abu Zar Alamin, Deputy Director of the suspended Rai Al-Shaab newspaper, confirmed that he was subjected to physical torture, including beatings and electric shocks.